• illustration
• animation
• flatbook
• graphic design

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What I do

You may also download my resume in pdf form with additional contact information here, Resume.pdf.

Education

Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation
magnum cum laude - GPA: 3.8 / 4.0

Certificates

Schoolism.com
Character Design with Stephen Silver
Digital Painting with Bobby Chiu

Experience & Activities

Destination Rewards: early 2010-present

Employed as a Senior Graphic Designer.
Designing websites, advertising (both static and animated), branding, UI materials, and print pieces are a few of my many tasks.
Operating in a small team, I am often asked to take on projects that challenge me to be a more well rounded artist.

Source Interlink Distribution LLC aka Alliance Entertainment Corp: 2008-2009

Employed as a Web Developer.
Duties included creating and maintaining client websites. As well as creating static and animated advertisements with programs such as Photoshop and Flash.
Aside from working in a team environment, I was asked to take on solo projects that would otherwise not be in my field.

Buffalo’s Southwest Café: 2004-2008

Worked multiple positions as a server, expediter, hostess and trainer.
Retrieved and delivered orders while meeting the needs of customers with a smile.
Worked holiday break while in school from 2006-2007.

Student Ambassador at Savannah College of Art and Design: August 2005- June 2007

Acted as the student face of Savannah College of Art and Design for perspective students and parents at sponsored events.

Volunteered for the Savannah Film Festival: 2005, 2006, & 2007

Served as an extra set of hands wherever needed by the coordinators.

Digital Media Club: January 2007 – June 2007

Contemporary Animation Society (CAS): 2005-2006

Regal Cinemas Magnolia Theater: 2002- 2004

Worked as box office cashier and trainer.
Properly performed financial transactions and gave guidance of movie times for customers. I also enforced the MPAA movie rating system.

People to People Student Ambassador: 1998 & 1999

Traveled to various countries to gain knowledge of different cultures.

Freelance

Logo Design - Client Ryan Ratner: January 2009

Designed Logo for upcoming fashion line.

Logo Design - Client Gina A. Williams and YEN Entertainment: May 2007

Designed Logo for company YEN Entertainment.

Character Design - Client Gina A. Williams: December 2007

Created original character design for upcoming children's book.

Skills

1. Illustration

2. Digital Painting

3. Motion Graphics

4. Graphic Design

5. Character Animation

6. Effects Animation

7. Lip Sync Animation

8. Layout Design

9. Storyboarding

10. HTML

11. CSS

12. Digital Modeling

13. Digital Lighting

14. Life Drawing

Software

1. Adobe Photoshop

2. Adobe Illustrator

3. Adobe After Effects

4. Adobe Flash

5. Adobe InDesign

6. Adobe Dreamweaver

7. Maya

8. Shake

9. Adobe Premiere

10. Quicktime

11. Mac OS X/ Windows/ Linux

12. Able to easily learn new software

Filmography

Movin’ In, ( 1:56), SCAD 2007 Senior Show and 2007 Savannah Film Festival:

Wrote and produced film. As well as overseeing the pipeline and art direction I was the primary animator.

Daisy, (1:57), SCAD 2007 Senior Show:

Worked character clean up in Photoshop.

Shadows, (3:16), Received 2nd place overall and Audience Award in Animadness 2007 juried competition:

Personal duties were character clean up in Flash and insight into story.

Awards

Dean’s List
Student Opportunity Scholarship